U.S. Boosts Horse-Meat Testing on Imports

By

Bill Tomson

April 1, 2013 6:27 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—Europe's horse-meat scandal is prompting the U.S. to increase the "species" testing it does on imports to detect any traces of equine contamination in products labeled as beef, pork or other meat.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday ordered inspectors to increase testing on all meat imports from Ireland, Poland, the U.K., countries where meat production has been implicated in the scandal.